The song is actually called "Last Flowers to the Hospital" and I often wondered why it would be called that when there was apparently nothing in the lyrics related to someone being ill or dying. Today I came across an article about a woman with bipolar disorder who suffered a psychotic episode. It said that the woman would hear the house speak to her. Apparently psychosis causes a person to hear voices coming from people or things.
I'm not saying that's what the song is about. It could be just about someone needing to let off steam or something else, but it certainly made sense to me more. The lines about the appliances going berserk and all that now take a different meaning for me.
In my interpretation, the narrator is asking someone to take him to the hospital, perhaps.
The lines 'it's too much, too bright, too powerful' also fit in, I think, and take a new meaning for me.
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot...
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot nosed little punk" as directed inwards, seeing himself as being too self-centered but still just wanting to talk without being interrupted.
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot...
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot nosed little punk" as directed inwards, seeing himself as being too self-centered but still just wanting to talk without being interrupted.
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot...
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot nosed little punk" as directed inwards, seeing himself as being too self-centered but still just wanting to talk without being interrupted.
The song is actually called "Last Flowers to the Hospital" and I often wondered why it would be called that when there was apparently nothing in the lyrics related to someone being ill or dying. Today I came across an article about a woman with bipolar disorder who suffered a psychotic episode. It said that the woman would hear the house speak to her. Apparently psychosis causes a person to hear voices coming from people or things.
I'm not saying that's what the song is about. It could be just about someone needing to let off steam or something else, but it certainly made sense to me more. The lines about the appliances going berserk and all that now take a different meaning for me.
In my interpretation, the narrator is asking someone to take him to the hospital, perhaps.
The lines 'it's too much, too bright, too powerful' also fit in, I think, and take a new meaning for me.
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot...
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot nosed little punk" as directed inwards, seeing himself as being too self-centered but still just wanting to talk without being interrupted.
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot...
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot nosed little punk" as directed inwards, seeing himself as being too self-centered but still just wanting to talk without being interrupted.
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot...
I read somewhere, I no longer remember where, that the name comes from a sign one of the band members saw. It advertised the last flower stand on the way to the hospital. I also don't see anything in the lyrics about illness, but for me the mood of the song kind of mirrors how I might feel seeing someone profiting off of others' misfortune that way - not exactly angry, but kind of disappointed in the world. Thom seems to be perpetually depressed and this song reminds me of me in some regards. I see "stepping on people's toes/snot nosed little punk" as directed inwards, seeing himself as being too self-centered but still just wanting to talk without being interrupted.